[BETA] New updater tool version v1.1.5.b3

Update: I have uploaded a new release 1.1.5.b3
This version has a new restart button. This has not yet been tested under all circumstances and feedback on this feature is especially appreciated!
It should also now detect a Pytrack/Pysense on all Windows version.

Hello everyone,

I have created a new firmware updater tool package for Windows and MacOS that reduces the GUI firmware update tool to a single binary.

The below packages will actually install two binaries, as there is now a new cli tool in order to provide compatibility for users who previously used bin/updater.py, (more on this later).

Although you should hopefully see little difference to the previous version, significant changes have been made "under the hood" to make the firmware updater significantly smaller and portable.

Because of those significant changes, I have decided to release this as a beta version to gather some feedback before releasing it, so that you can easily revert to the current version from https://pycom.io/downloads/

MacOS users: to use the new installer package, please remove the previous installation. Open "Applications" in Finder and scroll down to "Pycom Firmware Update.app". Right click on "Pycom Firmware Update.app" and choose "Move to Trash".

If you tried this version please provide feedback including the operating system version you are using.

For users that previously used the command line updater in bin/updater.py, this is now distributed as pycom_fwtool_cli. To use the pycom_fwtool_cli command line version with Pytrack / Pysense, please add --pypic command line option. The cli versions are either installed as part of the installer package or can be downloaded separately for Windows and MacOS.

Thanks a lot for trying this beta version. Improving the firmware update experience is just one of the many improvements we are planning for 2018.

There are still a few things on the todo-list for this tool so you can look forward to more (beta) releases in the near future.

Nice, I'll test this.
Any idea if it's possible and how to have an option to flash build firmware done following this doc?
Could really help because I'm building on a remote VM and don't have flash option

Both of these have now been implemented in the new version. I noticed a few rare cases where the download would "stall" after registering several different devices. Hopefully all other use-cases work as expected.

I found an issue with this version that affects registration of new devices. If you haven't successfully updated your Pycom device with the current release version of the firmware update tool, please don't try this version!

I have already identified the issue and will upload new versions as soon as I completed some more tests.